"For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them." (Ecclesiastes 9:12 KJV)
"In this life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony." (Colossians 3:11-14 NLT)
My whole point in this, somewhat upside-down logic, is that those who are not saved or truly committed to the Lord, there fate, when taken unexpected, is what Solomon references being in an evil time. That is not the same for those who are saved and committed to Christ Jesus! We that look forward to being with the Lord, although we need to want to be able to do what God has given us to do, whatever that might involve, we truly believe that we could be with the Lord in any moment, knowing full well that our departure from this earth is not an evil thing, but that it will work towards the good, in God's timing, and for His purposes.
This is not just something I feel, this is something that I know that God has promised and has given us as a special hope for those that we care for and those that get ministered to by our departure. We really shouldn't worry over or fear what might happen when we die, because our death is a doorway to enter into everlasting life; a life that began when we accepted Jesus Christ into our heart!
Hopefully, if you are saved and reading this, you share this same understanding, because this is why we are still here in the first place: To show others that sin and death has been defeated at the cross of Jesus Christ...
"As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world's interest in me has also died. It doesn't matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. May God's peace and mercy be upon all who live by this principle; they are the new people of God. From now on, don't let anyone trouble me with these things. For I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus." (Galatians 6:14-17 NLT)
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